Steven Bloom turned his life upside down when he found the courage to tell his wife of 18 years he was homosexual.

But the 50-year-old Sydney father-of-two said he wouldn't do anything differently if he could turn back the clock.

Steven always knew he was gay, but he was just too scared to tell anyone, as society in the 1970s wasn't accepting, Mamamia reports.

'You learn that society expects you to find a girlfriend, get married and have a family, so that's what I wanted,' he told the website.

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Steven Bloom (pictured) turned his life upside down when he found the courage to tell his wife of 18 years he was gay.

Steven married his now ex wife, Natanya, (pictured together) in the 1990s and five years later they celebrated the birth of their first child and then their second

Steven always knew he was gay, but he was just too scared to tell anyone as society in the 1970s wasn't accepting

'And it made sense to me. I met a girl, a wonderful woman, and genuinely fell in love and I thought that any of these desires I had would go away and love would conquer all.

'And it did for a while.'

He married his now ex wife, Natanya, in the 1990s and five years later they celebrated the birth of their first child and then their second.

Speaking in a YouTube video for the Gay and Married Men's Association, which he is now president of, he said his family were 'a happy little family' for a long time, until he started feeling depressed.

'We were going well, we had a good relationship and the kids were growing up fine. We were a happy little family.' Mr Bloom said.

'In the last couple of years I was getting depressed, work was very difficult at the time and I was struggling with that so there were a lot of mix emotions.

'I guess at the end we were having one of those discussions and my wife asked me 'are you gay?' and I had 10 torturous seconds were I had to decide "this is it, I either tell her now and I'm honest for the rest of my life or I'm not".'

Despite hearing the shocking news, Natanya said she had always had an idea throughout their entire marriage that her husband might be gay

Now after five years of learning how to move on, the former husband and wife are friends and have a good relationship with their children

Now after five years of learning how to move on, the former husband and wife are friends and have a good relationship with their children (pictured)

Steven has found a partner, Jason, who he met online and connected with him instantly (pictured together)

Despite hearing the shocking news, Natanya told The Feed, she had always had an idea throughout their entire marriage that her husband might be gay.

'I always thought he would come out as gay at some point but I still loved him and we had a fabulous relationship and I was prepared to take the risk,' she told the programme.

Their two daughters - who were nine and 11 at the time - slowly came to terms with the change in dynamics within their family. But they supported who their father was, and accepted him.

Now after five years of learning how to move on, the former husband and wife are friends and have a good relationship with their children.

Steven has found a partner, Jason, who he met online and connected with him instantly.

He has no regrets: 'I love my kids, I had a great life with my ex-wife, I have nothing to complain about,' he told Mamamia.

'The struggle really was not having the confidence to be me and express who I was and not worry about what other people thought.'